On 1/11/13, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/10/2013 09:49 PM, Manu Abraham wrote: >> On 1/11/13, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 01/10/2013 09:38 PM, Manu Abraham wrote: >>>> The format can be definitely changed. There's no issue to it. >>> >>> No you cannot. Applications depend on that, it's part of the dvb ABI. If >>> you changed that, you would do the same mistake as Mauro let it flowing >>> through his tree and it was pointed out by Linus in the link you sent... >> >> I understand what you are thinking, but that's not exactly about it. The >> format >> can simply be updated by adding newer params to it's end, thus not >> breaking >> any of the applications. > > OK, but that still does not explain why it is requisite to have the data > along with the sources. There is no problem in updating both the files > and scandata separately, because it has to be compatible. > scenario1: clone tree 1 make changes update tree 1 scenario2: clone tree 1 make changes update tree 1 clone tree 2 make changes update tree 2 It seems to me that scenario 2 is twice the work, to keep it updated. :-) Simply no reason to do double the work. > Also I'm not sure whether adding a column at the end wouldn't break the > apps. Don't worry. We have already done that in the past. Manu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
